Inside the monastery, amid the soft smell of incense, we come across a revered three-handed icon of the Virgin Mary.
Some of the things I do to get into the romantic writing mood include: putting on soft music, lighting incense, taking a warm bath, or even dressing in my favorite lingerie or negligee before sitting down to write.
Many were laying on the hard floor under a haze of incense and soft lights, listening to Laraaji's soft clouds of processed zither and gong.
Incense and soft music lured me down a dark hallway to a veranda with a soaring wood-beam ceiling and tin roof.
So high up were we, at nearly 15,000 feet, that the soft chanting seemed to float like incense into the clear blue sky.
Soft candles burn, and there's the sweet smell of incense.
Soft candles burn and there's the sweet smell of incense.
In addition to its namesake spice, the soft lather is laced with notes of Chinese star anise, Madagascan clove, Venezuelan tonka bean, Mysore sandalwood, incense, vanilla and amber.
